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UK – 9 sick: Salmonella linked to Dr Zak’s Barn Farmed Liquid Egg White

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Dr Zak’s Barn Farmed Liquid Egg White sounds like 19th century hucksterism or medicine man.

According to Tony Gussin of the North Devon Gazette, nine people in the UK including one in North Devon are thought to have caught the disease after consuming Dr Zak’s Barn Farmed Liquid Egg White bottles.

Australia – Recall: Vic’s Meat BONE-IN HAM HALF LEG – Listeria monocytogenes

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The NSW Food Authority advises:

Vic’s Premium Quality Meat is conducting a recall of the above product. The product has been available for sale at Simon Johnson, Victor Churchill and Vic’s Meat Brisbane in NSW, QLD and WA.

Product details:

  • Vic’s Meat BONE-IN HAM HALF LEG 4.5kg, cardboard box (2 types used) – Brown cardboard box with Victor Churchill illustration, White cardboard box with Vic’s meat illustration
  • Best Before 29/01/2019

Problem: The recall is due to microbial (Listeria monocytogenes) contamination.

Food safety hazard: Listeria may cause illness in pregnant women and their unborn babies, the elderly and people with low immune systems.

Country of origin: Australia

What to do: Any consumers concerned about their health should seek medical advice and should return the product to the place of purchase for a full refund.

For further information please contact Vic’s Premium Quality Meat on (02) 9317 6900 or via www.vicsmeat.com.au

RASFF Alert – Aflatoxin – Fig Paste – Dried Figs – Groundnuts – Pistachios – Hazlenuts – Pepper Powder –

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RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 8.7; Tot. = 14.8 µg/kg – ppb) in figs paste from Turkey in France

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 6.6; Tot. = 14.3 µg/kg – ppb) in diced dried figs from Turkey in France

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 6.6 µg/kg – ppb) in organic sweet pepper powder from Spain in France

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 20.8; Tot. = 22.7 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled pistachios from Turkey in Italy

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 5.5; Tot. = 12 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 47.6; Tot. = 54.8 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Georgia in Bulgaria

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 10.59; Tot. = 18.66 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Argentina in Poland

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 6.3; Tot. = 9.1 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 4.7 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled groudnuts from Egypt in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 13; Tot. = 17 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 13.7; Tot. = 22.7 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from Argentina  in the Czech Republic

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 52.2; Tot. = 59.4 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from Turkey in Belgium

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 199; Tot. = 209 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from Turkey in Belgium

RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes – Blood Sausages – Smoked Salmon -Graved Salmon – Salted Salmon – VP Black Angus Steak Tartare

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RASFF -Listeria monocytogenes (<100 CFU/g) in blood sausages from France in France

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (<10 CFU/g) in Norwegian thawed smoked salmon from Estonia in Italy

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (170 CFU/g) in chilled graved salmon from Poland in Germany

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (18000 CFU/100g) in chilled salted salmon from Belarus in Poland

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (presence /25g) in chilled vacuum-packed black angus steak tartare meat from the United Kingdom in the Netherlands

RASFF Alert- Histamine – Enterobacteriaceae – VP Tuna Sashimi Loins

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RASFF-histamine (1088 mg/kg – ppm) and high count of Enterobacteriaceae (2400, 4600, 15000 CFU/g) in chilled vacuum-packed tuna sashimi loins from the Maldives in the Netherlands

RASFF Alert- Vibrio parahaemolyticus – Frozen Squid

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RASFF-Vibrio parahaemolyticus in frozen squid (Loligo spp.) from India in Greece

RASFF Alert – Mould – Mayonnaise

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RASFF-mayonnaise from Denmark infested with moulds in Denmark

RASFF Alert – Norovirus – Live Razor Clams

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RASFF-norovirus (GII in 0.0156 g) in live razor clams (Ensis Directus) from the Netherlands in Italy

RASFF Alert – PSP – Shellfish Toxin – Whole Live Scallops

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RASFF-Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) toxins (1137 µg/kg – ppb) in live whole scallops (Pecten maximus) from the United Kingdom in Ireland

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RASFF Alert – Mycotoxin – Atropine – Scopolamine – Buckwheat Flour

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RASFF-atropine (53 µg/kg – ppb) and scopolamine (20 µg/kg – ppb) in organic buckwheat flour from France in France